THEY DID IT! The Dracula Youth Reserve Emergency Expansion Project is Fully Funded! 14 Months of dedicated fundraising later; RESERVA The Youth Land Trust, have finally raised enough money to fully fund the protection and expansion of the Dracula Youth Reserve in Ecuador's Carchi Province. This 1,050-acre cloud...
RESERVA: The Youth Land Trust, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization founded in August 2019 by Callie Broaddus and a small group of international youth organized by co-founder Bella Lack, which has since grown to over 100 people (26 and under) from 30+ countries. They had the...
For the first time in history one of the world’s least known mammals, the western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea), has conceived and given birth in human care. Two months since the delivery “the offspring is enjoying excellent health, this is the result of a scientific...
Colombia is now home to the first-ever Western Mountain Coati born in Human Care after years-long efforts by biologists in a nature park just outside of the capital Bogota. The near-threatened mammal, formally called the “nasuella olivacea,” was both conceived and given birth to in the...
The first ever Western Mountain Coati, is being kept in a strict quarantine and welfare procedures by researchers at the Bioparque la Reserva in Cota, Cundinamarca (Colombia), with the support of experts from Mammal Department at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (UK). This small carnivore was confiscated...